Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters read more

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.

I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you a formula for
failure-which is: Try to read more

I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you a formula for
failure-which is: Try to please everybody.

Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that read more

Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that little more which is worth all the rest.

If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time read more

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give read more

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let
well enough alone.

There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let
well enough alone.

In Hollywood all the marriages are happy, it's trying
to live together afterwards that causes all the problems.

In Hollywood all the marriages are happy, it's trying
to live together afterwards that causes all the problems.

I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. That's the only way I learn, the only read more

I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. That's the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged.